Gathers the distinguished late author's most current tales of short fiction in a single, comprehensive volume. By the author of Revolutionary Road, A Special Providence, Disturbing the Peace, and The Easter Parade. Reprint. A literary event of the highest order, The Collected Stories of Richard Yates brings together Yates's peerless short fiction in a single volume for the first time.Richard Yates was acclaimed as one of the most powerful, compassionate, and technically accomplished writers of America's postwar generation, and his work has inspired such diverse talents as Richard Ford, Ann Beattie, André Dubus, Robert Stone, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. This collection, as powerful as Yate's beloved Revolutionary Road, contains the stories of his classic works Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (a book The New York Times Book Review hailed as "the New York equivalent of Dubliners") and Liars in Love; it also features nine new stories, seven of which have never been published.Whether addressing the smothered desire of suburban housewives, the white-collar despair of Manhattan office workers, the grim humor that attends life on a tuberculosis ward, or the moments of terrified peace experienced by American soldiers in World War II, Yates examines every frayed corner of the American dream. His stories, as empathetic as they are unforgiving, are like no others in our nation's literature. Published with a moving introduction by the novelist Richard Russo, this collection will stand as its author's final masterpiece. Introduction: Secret Hearts xi Richard Russo From Eleven Kinds of Loneliness Doctor Jack-o'-Lantern 3(15) The Best of Everything 18(14) Jody Rolled the Bones 32(15) No Pain Whatsoever 47(11) A Glutton for Punishment 58(14) A Wrestler with Sharks 72(13) Fun with a Stranger 85(9) The B.A.R. Man 94(13) A Really Good Jazz Piano 107(18) Out with the Old 125(16) Builders 141(36) From Liars in Love Oh, Joseph, I'm So Tired 177(23) A Natural Girl 200(19) Trying Out for the Race 219(21) Liars in Love 240(33) A Compassionate Leave 273(23) Regards at Home 296(25) Saying Goodbye to Sally 321(46) The Uncollected Stories The Canal 367(13) A Clinical Romance 380(19) Bells in the Morning 399(4) Evening on the Cote d'Azur 403(14) Thieves 417(10) A Private Possession 427(8) The Comptroller and the Wild Wind 435(18) A Last Fling, Like 453(8) A Convalescent Ego 461